Community conversations offered on racial stereotypes

Monday

Oct 2, 2017 at 9:40 PM

Gary Demuth @GaryDemuth

In connection with their current exhibit "Sorting Out Race: Examining Racial Identity and Stereotypes in Thrift Store Donations," the Smoky Hill Museum will host a series of community conversations focusing on different aspects of race and stereotypes.

The conversations will be from 12:15 to 12:50 and 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Wednesday and 12:15 to 12:50 and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11 and 18 at the museum, 211 W. Iron.

There also will be a presentation by Robert E. Weems Jr., "Defining the 'Other': A History of Racial Stereotypes," from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the museum. Weems, the outside consultant for the "Sorting Out Race" exhibit and professor of business history at Wichita State University, will focus on the use of negative images of persons of African descent, including images in American advertising.

Admission to all events is free. The exhibition will be on display through Oct. 21.